NASHVILLE – Days after class-action lawsuits claimedMcDonald’s is deliberately and systematically stealing employees’ pay, workers and community and faith leaders will protest Tuesday in Nashville – part of a nationwide series of actions calling on the fast-food giant to stop its illegal wage theft.

The suits in California, Michigan and New York allege McDonald’s is robbing employees by forcing them to work off the clock, shaving hours off their time cards and not paying them overtime, among other practices. They demand McDonald’s, which earned nearly $5.6 billion in profits in 2013, pay back the stolen wages and stop its illegal theft of workers’ pay.